⁶ The Lord said to me, “Announce this message in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the words of this agreement and obey them. ⁷ I warned your ancestors to obey me when I brought them out of Egypt. I have warned them again and again to this very day: “Obey me!” ⁸ But your ancestors did not listen to me. They were stubborn and did what their own evil hearts wanted. So I made all the curses of this agreement come upon them. I commanded them to obey the agreement, but they did not.’”